融合STEM教育理念，艾岱国际考试体系践行创新思维
| IDAT is pleased to announce some exciting changes to our Global Knowledge testing, effective from January 1, 2022. From 2022 onwards, IDAT will no longer be testing History and Geography in its global knowledge section of the test. Hereafter, the Global Knowledge portion of the test will contain 3 sections; Logic, Science, and Technology. These changes are in line with global and stakeholder responses from those using the IDAT. The changes to the test have come as a direct result of feedback from our stakeholders and global trends and research. The social sciences and humanities are very important, but they are difficult to test and value accurately based on international curricula. While the International Baccalaureate teaches world history and geography, their curricula is based on a comparative, multi-perspective approach to history and geographically global issues, such as poverty, sustainability and climate change. It considers examples and detailed case studies at a variety of scales, from local to regional, national and international.[i] The other 4 major global curricula used as a base for the IDAT’s curriculum (US Common Core, UK National Curriculum, Ontario Curriculum and the ACARA) vary greatly. The US Common Core does not address the humanities as a national set of standards and other countries have very locally based curricula, particularly at the primary level. There are also political and cultural sensitivities which make testing these areas difficult on a global scale. Overall, it is not easy to align curricula and accurately test students internationally. 从学校的角度来说，根据合作院校反馈和相关机构研究表明，地理和历史考试在评估学生是否适合入学方面的作用并没有预期中的大。 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education is an area receiving increased attention by societal stakeholders.[ii] 从全球各国政府制定的STEM教育管理方针以及相关的研究可以看得出来STEM教育趋势正在席卷全球。[iii] 为检验真正全球课程的可行性所做的研究得出的结论是，由于文化背景的差异以及不同的教育习惯，科学、数学和技术是唯一可以考虑用于全球课程的合理项目。[iv] IDAT has long had a global IDAT mathematics curricula based on a cross-mapping of the 4 major global curricula aforementioned. Now, IDAT is pleased to announce global curricula for science and technology. The logic, science and technology curricula are now available on the IDAT website, and our students and schools are encouraged to look at and review the outcomes, which will be tested. As before, there will be topics that are changed every 4 months in line with the curricula for Science and Technology. There will be study sheets available on the website for review and study for students preparing for the test. As the IDAT is updated every 4 months, this information will be constantly updated. IDAT is excited to be updating our test to meet global needs and trends of top schools around the world. Please contact us if you would like to know more. [i] https://www.ibo.org/programmes/diploma-programme/curriculum/individuals-and-societies/geography/ [ii] R. Krneta, M. T. Restivo, A. Rojko, D. Urbano, “Evaluation of remote experiments by different target groups: NeReLa project case study”, in 2016 13th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV), pp. 326-331, IEEE, 2016. [iii] Freeman, Brigid, Marginson, Simon and Tytler, Russell 2019, An international view of STEM education. In Sahin, A. and Mohr-Schroeder, M. (ed), STEM education 2.0 : myths and truths–what has K-12 STEM education research taught us?, Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands, pp.350-363. [iv] Sparapani EF, Callejo Perez D, Gould J, Hillman S, Clark L. 2014 A Global Curriculum? Understanding Teaching and Learning in the United States, Taiwan, India, and Mexico. SAGE Open. |